Bob Goff on fighting
Bob Goff86 quotes“You don’t want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it.”
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Something happens when you feel ownership. You no longer act like a spectator or consumer, because you’re an owner. Faith is at its best when it’s that way too. It’s best lived when it’s owned.
Bob GoffBob Goff I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.
Bob GoffBob Goff You can quit anything on a Thursday.
Bob GoffBob Goff Courage doesn’t mean we’re not afraid anymore, it just means our actions aren’t controlled by our doubts.
Bob GoffBob Goff Live your life like you’re exactly who Jesus thinks you are.
Bob GoffBob Goff I don’t know every step I’m supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step.
Bob GoffBob Goff A hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That’s what I want my life to be all about – full of abandon, whimsy, and in love.
Bob GoffBob Goff Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.
Bob GoffBob Goff Whimsy doesn’t care if you are the driver or the passenger; all that matters is that you are on your way.
Bob GoffBob Goff We’re all amateurs when it comes to love. Don’t be too hard on each other.
Bob GoffBob Goff Sometimes we ask God for help and God gives us hope, not because it’s different, but because it’s the same.
Bob GoffBob Goff God made beauty so we’d know how He felt about us.
Bob GoffBob Goff Stand up like a mountain; have faith like a rock; love like an avalanche
Bob GoffBob Goff Love has the kind of power criticism only wishes it had.
Bob GoffBob Goff Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It’s about going to extremes and expressing the bright hope that life offers us.
Bob GoffBob Goff God doesn’t break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them.
Bob GoffBob Goff
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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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Terence McKennaTerence McKenna Love is everything it’s cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
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Al SharptonAl Sharpton You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly
Al GoldsteinAl Goldstein I have always been a softie, and I fight it with every fiber of my being. Sadly, my being’s fibers need to hit the gym.
Aisha TylerAisha Tyler They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people’s egos.
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